Girisha Suri
Full Circle cover — the model reclining in the cream cotton gown with its olive silk train spread across the studio floor.

Research Projects · 2024

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01 — ABOUT THE GARMENT

Look-book spread — seated, the olive pleated silk skirt layered over the cream cotton gown, worn with chunky boots.'About us' spread — the finished cream-and-olive gown worn standing, beside the write-up on the World Environment Day brief.Back-view spread — the gown in motion showing the cut-out back bodice, over text on the subtraction-cutting method.Fabric-detail spread — a continuous close-up of the patched cream-and-olive yardage that forms the garment.

02 — CONSTRUCTION

Construction spread — the overlapping olive pleats falling from the waist, beside notes on how pleat placement follows the bodice.Construction spread — the model crouching in the voluminous gown, beside text on assembling the toils into one rectangle and subtracting the body block.

03 — GARMENT DETAILS

'Fashion /24' spread — a four-up grid of the gown from front, back and side, showing the fitted bodice and flowing skirt.Detail spread — close-up of the olive pleats meeting the cream cotton, beside text on the free-flowing pleat placement.Three-up spread — front, drape detail and side views of the finished gown.

04 — ESSENCE OF THE GARMENT

'Looks /24' spread — the gown caught mid-movement with the pleated olive panel lifting, beside text on turning waste into raw material.Full-length spread — the model reclining in the cream gown with the olive train spread across the floor.

05 — PROCESS OF THE GARMENT CREATION

'The Puzzle' — annotated flat mapping how semi-stitched bodices, belts, shorts and pleated skirts were pieced into one six-yard rectangle.'The Making: A Study in Circular Design' — the patched toile panel laid flat beside photos of the fabric being folded and cut.Subtraction-cutting phases — folding the panel, placing the bodice blocks, and reintegrating the subtracted fabric for zero waste.'The Front' and 'The Back' — technical illustrations of the finished gown's contoured bodice, waist pleats and cowled, cut-out back.

06 — LOOKBOOK

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